Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individual members (18marks) The key concern of functionalist writing on religion is the contribution that religion makes to the wellbeing of society‚ its contribution to social stability and‚ value-consensus. In his Elementary Forms of Religious Life‚ Durkheim argues that the function of religious ritual is to maintain social solidarity by affirming the moral superiority
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anthropological method of participant observation and the creation of an ethnography‚ despite some notable differences in the scope of his research. While Malinowski traveled across the world and immersed himself fully in the foreign culture of the Trobriand Islanders‚ living in their homes and learning their language‚ Wacquant stayed within Western society‚ living in his own city and residing in his own home. Despite this‚ however‚ Loïc Wacquant still managed to immerse himself fully into a culture foreign
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Baseball Magic ---> In the article "Baseball Magic" by George Gmelch‚ it talks about how players and their rituals they perform before a game. The whole idea is to show how two different cultures‚ American Baseball and the Trobriand Islanders both have the same idea. That idea being that if you change your way of doing something it ultimately ruin you. Keeping things the same will keep your luck the same. -----> The article talks about rituals‚ how Dennis Grossini‚ a
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enhance social relations. Because each party has something the other wants it can enhance the relationship and cooperation between trading partners. The third is type is the Kula Ring. This type of reciprocity is practiced by the horticulture Trobriand Islanders who
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ball player and an anthropology student. It was shortly after the end of one baseball game Gmelch took an anthropology course called Magic‚ religion‚ and witchcraft. As he was in class listing to the professor describe the magic rituals of the Trobriand Islanders. It had occurred to Gmelch that these so called people did wasn’t all that different from what his teammates did for good luck and confidence at the ball park. Routines and rituals were the most common way player’s attempt to reduce their feelings
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functions‚ provides explanations and comport in situations of uncertainty e.g in life crisis such as Death * Religion fulfils a need for security and relieves situations of emotional stress which could otherwise threaten social stability. * Trobriand Islanders use rituals such as ‘canoe magic’ when ocean fishing to ensure safety on a dangerous task. * HOWEVER … PARA 3: * Marxists Disagree: Religion functions serve capitalism. Karl Marx – sees religion as an ideology that is used as a weapon
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Statistics 5 – 7% of people live in a same sex relationship 9/10 single parent families headed by woman 24% of families in the uk single parent 5% live in traditional nuclear family 19% live in a neo conventional (new nuclear) family Families have 1.8children on average Current average living age is 39.6 Birth rate 10.7 per 1000 Death rate 10 per 1000 1901 600‚000 people died Quotes
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active members of the family and church/synagogue/mosque etc. At times of uncertainty and stress‚ religion helps people to gain control of themselves again‚ and community acts like funerals progress that. This is supported by the study of the Trobriand Islanders. The fisherman had a number of prayer rituals which they performed before going out to sea. They did this as a group of individuals to have a sense of a belonging to a community of fishermen. They would not perform these then they were sailing
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Evaluate Functionalists views on the role and functions of religion today. Functionalism is a macro theory‚ which is based on society as a whole‚ rather than just that of the individual. It is argued that functionalism generates many things for society. Religion‚ from a functionalist point of view‚ socialises people‚ teaching them norms and values of society‚ which are the basis for social unity. Religion further is a structure within functionalism which aids in influencing individuals lives. Functionalism
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Functionalist theory of religion Assess the view of functionalists that religion serves to reinforce social integration. Functionalists see society as like an organism‚ with basic needs that it must meet to survive. They suggest that each institution performs certain functions to maintain the social system by meeting a need. Society’s most basic need is for social order and solidarity as they believes social solidarity is necessary for society to hold together as without it‚ individual selfishness
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